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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1918)
the ' bee - Omaha, Friday, November i, 1918. REPORTS-SHOW HOW CAMPAIGN FUNDJS SPENT Treasurers of Various Political Parties and Candidates File Statements of Expense irj Capital City. Washington, Oct 31. (Special Telegram) Political committees of varioiisenatorial and house candi dates are making their returns of ex penses incurred during the pre-election period as provided by law Both republican and democratic na tional committees have shown the contributions received. The demo cratic report shows the funds have been sent to Arthur F. Mullen. The republican national commit tee has made no return as fb the money that committee has sent toV .Nebraska for the same purpose. The democratic congressional committee has made no return as tc the money that, committee has sent to Nebraska for the same pur pose, i The democratic x congressional committee has sent $500 to H. D. LanJTs of Seward for organization , work. Senatorial Campaign. Ex-Governor Morehead, demo cratic senatorial candidate in his re port to the secretary of the senate states he has received no campaign contributions Whatsoever but his paid the Morehead senatorial com mittee $180 for advertising purposes and incidentals. Senator Norris also has received tfo campaign contributions. He , 'pent less than $500 for postage and . traveling expenses and paid ao as- lessment of $500 to the Nebraska republican state central committee. The returns from the congression al districts is filed with the clerk of the house are as follows: First District Frank A. Peterson. $233M; C F. Reavis, $110. Second District C. O. Lobeck. 1209; A. VV. Jefferis. $1,186.86. Thir'd District D. V. Stephens, ' , none; R. E. Evans $12.50 Fourth District-Vw H. Smith, $53479; M. O. McLaughin, $799.30. Fifth District A. C. Shallenberg er, $48.80; W. E. Andrews, $246.01. Sixth District C. W. Pool, 284. 29; M. P. Kinkaid, $362.30. The national republican congres sional committee sent, $1,000 to each of the following republican candidates for the lower house of congress: C. F. Reavis, A. W. Jef feris, R. E. Evans; M. O. McLaughin-and W. E. Andrews. - Judge Kinkaid desired no finan cial help at the hands of the con gressional committee. American Casualty List The following Nebraskans and lowans are named in the casualty list given out by the government for Friday morning, November 1: KILLED IN ACTION. Basil B. Blevins; nest of kin, C. L. Blevins, Humeston, la. Louis E. Odell; next of kin, H. P. Timberlake, Bedford, la. DIED OF VOUNDS. Remmer H. Voss: next of kin. Henry J. Voss, Carleton. Neb. WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDE TERMINED. Lorn Watkins; next of kin, Mrs. Cora Watkins, Oskaloosa. Ia. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY. corp. Claude Tnsworth; next ot kin, Mrs. Daisy C. Titswcrtb, 181 North Eighteenth street, Otoiaha, Neb. Slogan Contest Ends; x 353 Are Participants; Winners Known Sunday The which Bee's prizes "slogan contest," in will be awarded for the best boost Omaha slogans suit able for use as a banner line on the first page of The Bee, has proven one of the most popular of its kind ever conducted. The competition has closed with responses from 353 different per sons, many ol them sending tn sev eral suggestions, which will bring the number of slogans submitted well over 1,000. From the answers the 50 best will be taken out to be in turn submitted .to C C. George, president of the Chamber of Com merce, without disclosing the iden tity cf the contestant, for his judg ment on them. - Mr. George will select the win ners, picking the best for the firt prize of $5.00, and the next best 10 each to receive a good boolc The Sunday Bee of November 3 will announce the winners with the slogans they have presented. In the meantime, The Bee -ishes to thank the many contestants lor the great interest they have shown in the boniest. Seattle Puts on Real "Quarantine for the "Flu" Seattle, Oct 31. The most dras tic quarantine, order ever exper ienced iu Seattlfc was in effect today under instructions issued last night by Mayor Ole Hanson, on advice of the city health' department, as a means of curbing the epidemic of Spanish influenza. The order closes all stores except food and drug stores at J p. m. Office buildings also are affected. On Friday stores and office buildings will be per mitted to open from 10 to 3 only and Saturday they will be closed all day. Decision will be reached Saturday whether permanent clos in" will be ordered uirtil the epi demic is brought under control. rtun Bundesra Power 1 Still in Saddle, Says Cecil London, Oct. 31. Via Montreal Replying to a question in the House of Commons today, Lord Robert Cecil, assistant foreign secretary, asserted that there was no evidence that the powers of the German Bundesrat system had in any way been" modified. The German secre taries of state were appointed by the emperor. Lord Robert added, and presumably were liable to dismissal by him. It might therefore be as sumed that the so-called - German wardabinet did not correspond con stitutionally with the allied war cab inets. - , The following Nebraskans "and lowans are named in the casualty list given out by the government for Thursday afternoon. October 31: WOUNDED. SEVERELY. John R. Ogburn; next of kin, Wil liam Ogburn, Monroe, Ia. Norris Briggs; next of kin, Mrs. Alice G. Briggs. Des Moines, Ia. Dowd W. Brown; next of kin, S. C. Brown, Centerville, Ia. John A. -Carlson; next of kin, Ernest P. Klauser, Akron, Ia. Lewis P. Milne; next of kin, George Milne, Greeley, Neb. Henry Cyrus Wing; next of kin, Mrs. Emma Wing, Maquoketa, Ia. WOUNDED. DEGREE UNDE TERMINED. Corp. Blaine M. Allen; next of kin, Mrs. Katherine G. Allen. Lin coln, Neb. - Christian ' Farm'; next of kin, Peter Ci Farni. Nevada. Ia. LoranD. Galloway; next of kin, Mrs. C. O. Galloway, Comstock, Neb. . Chester Jensen; next of kin, Chris Jensen, Concord, Neb. William L. Johnson; next of kin, Luis Johnson, Bettendorf, Ia. John A.- O'Sullivan; next of kin. Frank Coleman, Prosser, Neb. John W. Schleisman; next of kin, Adams Schleisman, Linderdale, Ia. Henry B. Steinkruger; next of j kin, William Steinkruger, Franklin, Neb. The following ca"snalties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: Killed in action, 17; died of wounds, 5; died of disease,9; wound ed, degree undetermined, 182; wounded slightly, 110. Total. 323. Killed in Action. I,t. Albert E. Baesl, Lagrange, O. Wagoner Charles Afa Cradle, Piedmont, Mo. i Herbert Baldwin, Rosevllle, Ark. - John Ball. Jr., Franklin. N. J. John Daly, Houston, Tex. August U. Elder, lrryvtlle. Mo. !anlel Joseph Jilesklll. Morrlstown, N J. Mechlin Moore, East Palestine, O. Ira L. Satterfield,. Bruce, N. C. George W. Allen, Washington, O. Basil B. Blevins. Humeston, Ia. ' , Ernest J. Kles. Gilt Edge, Mont. Etherage Meece, Hall, Ky. Louis E. Odell, Bedford, Ia. Edward F. Reutter, Jersey City, N. J. Walter Rollins, Ashbord, Ala. Died of Wounds. Lt. Donald U. McMillan. Detroit, Mich. Armand Marshfleld, West Mansfield, O. Paul Felix Kordus. Milwaukee, Wis. William H. Netcher, Trenton, Utah, Remmer H. Voss. Carleton, Neb. Died of Disease. ' Capt. Charles Fendlojr, Tate, G. ' Sergt. Albert H. Davis, Glro O. ' Corp. 'Michael Daly, Andover, Conn. William Baker, Register, Ga. Clove R. Cranford;- Clever, Mo. Floyd Ingram. Amerlcus, Ga. Kmll y. Kasper, Chicago, 111. Nazzareno Ticconl. Italy. Edward Wright. Jacksonville. N. C. GREAT BILLS FRAMED UP AT MOVIE HOUSE Motion Picture Theaters , to Observe Lifting of Flu Ban y Putting on Special Films. Omaha's motion picture fans are to be given a tfteat in the opening announced after the four-weeks ban on the theaters. Every one of the downtown houses has a choice of fering tor its patrons. At the Rialto is being brought back D. W.' Griffith's "The Great Love." which had a most successful run here early in September and which many people were unable to see. At the Strand will be Con stance Talmadge in her late far- ceuse success, bauce for The Goose." "Hearts of the World" is the of fering at the Brandeis, starting a nine-day run with the matinee show. At the Empress there will be a vaudeville bill and Edith Storey in "The Demon," Saturday and George Walsh in "On the Jump" the first half of next week. The Sun will present J. Warren Kerrigan, finish ing "A Prisoner of the Pines" on Saturday with June Elvidge in "The Lynch Dismissed from Army tmdJBoard Looks for . His, Questionnaire Assistant United States District Attorney Saxton received a telegram from the commandant at Camp Dodge Thursday mornjng saying that John C Lynch would be dis missed from military service im mediately. Conditions around ex emption board No. 4, where Lynch was inducted into the service, and where the storm clouds gathered thickest when United States Attor ney Allen started the fire works, are almost down to normal. Tony Minardi, clerk, whose resig nation was accepted as a result of the Lynch affair, was off the job, and a still hunt is being conducted for the questionnaire that Lynch was supposed to have filed with the board. Chief Cleric Southard said he was not positive that Lynch had ever filed a questionnaire, but at the time of his induction he had stated that he was in class A 1. The mystery now is, how did Lynch get into class A 1, and, .if he did, where is the questionnaire? ZEEBRUOOE TO OSTEND IS ONE BSGjORTRES Flags Fly- in Ostend as on i Fete Day,'but Destruction to Buildings Is Appall ing; Take Metals. Appearance of Evil" on Sunday and Monday The Muse "tkeater will open up with Tom Moore in his comedy drama, "Just for Tonight." All of the' suburban houses of Omaha have booked star plays for their opeping and 'for Sunday and the opening of the theaters prom ises to be a revel for fans of photoplays. By Associated Press. Belgian Army Headquarters in Flanders, Oct. 31. (Bv Asso ciated Press.) The roro from Ostend to ZeebrugRe, which the Germans recently held, is one con tinuous fortress, with many guns silhouetted agains the sky. The number of guns increases as the fortified line nears Zeebrugge. The' town of Blankenberghe, be-, tween" Zeebrugge and Ostend, is virtually undamaged but deserted. All the buildings, have been stripped of copper and iron, Ostend, from a distance, looks exactly as on fefe days in times of peace. Flags are hanging from every window and the city is deco rated gaily. Signs of ruin and damage, however? become apparent as soon as the city is entered. Ost end has suffered mifch. The Casino is desolate and empty and the walls Czecho-S!aVs Cut Railroad Between Vienna and Berlin Paris, Oct. 31. Communication between Agram and Fiume, and Budapest and Vienna has been totally interrupted. The Czecho slovaks have cut the railroad be tween Berlin and Vienna near Bod enbach and German trains can only go as far as Schnadaac according to a Zurich dispatch to the JonraL The military governor of Fiume recently advised the Hungarian gov ernment that he was without ma terial and munitions and iinablelo defend the city. He received orders to hand over the administration to the Croatia! national council, which he did immediately. . : ,. nave Deen riddled witn sneu nre. The maritime station is a complete wreck. Manv houses have crumbled to the ground and most of the bridges in the town have been destroyed. The fact that not all the bridges were blown up by the Germans is commented upon bv military visitors j to ustena. An aiaerman oi tne city explained that the German general staff had given orders to 'destroy all the bridges. However, the German noncommissioned offi cers detailed fo the work of de struction, he added, fell easy vic tims to persuasive 100 or 200-mark bills. FRENCH PAPER -ASKS COMPLETE HUN GUARANTEE Suggests Program for Armis tice that Would Leave Hun Helpless During Peace Negotiations. Paris, Oct. 31. In an editorial discuslmg armistice terms, L'ln- formation suggests the following conditions: "Internationalization of the Bas phorus and the Dardanelles. A "The occupation or enemy ports on the Adriatic. "The surrender of Austrian war ships. ' "The right to use Austro-Hun-garian railway lines, v "The evacuation of Alsace-Lor raine and territories wrongly occu pied in the east and west "Tlfc surrender of arms, muni tions and submarines. "Theoccupation ot fortresses and bridges along thehine and of Luxembourg and Essen. "The occupation of Kiel and Hamburg. "The removal of mines from ter ritorial waters. "The delivery, as a preliminary compensation for damages, of part of the enemy merchant marine. "The cessation of manufacturing for war purposes." MARLEY IV2 IN, DEVON IH IN, Ja wask mmssk. tm ARROW COLLARS CLUETT FEAROW CXUsJCTXCrrirY. DEPENDABLE TAILORING 15121, Dodg St. George W. Berge For AttornejrGeneral Vote for Him 6 X eJTcUs eLL7 JL7 1OTY FLU ORDER ENDS AT mIDNIGH T Business Needs Educated Men and Women as Never Before r- . ; ' . I To keep the machinery of war well oiled Uncle Sam must have thousands of trained young men and women for all depart ments. Our troops, properly equipped and fed now, will hasten the end of the war. THERE ARE GOOD, PAYING POSITIONS IN BIG BUSINESS AND WITH UNCLE SAM, AWAITING TRAINED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ANp When We Start to Clear Up the Wreckage of the Vjfar 2Sw Theaters to Give Patrons Fill After Long Period of Inactivity. The tired business man and all the rest of Omaha may take their fill ot theaters Saturday. The ban cluing theaters, schools and churches, will ba lifted to night "just as the clock strikes 12," and Saturday will be a busy day. Ask your self: ARE YOU SANITARY? IF NOT, WHY NOT? Bt able to go in stoy crowd without dan ger. Some were behind before and died. You be first at last. 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